Rethreading wouldn't make any difference as the process of cutting a thread removes material, doesn't add a thread to it. The only way to save them would be to use a helicoil which still wouldn't be perfect and hard to get straight.
You were saved by the pub in this case.
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Rethreading wouldn't make any difference as the process of cutting a thread removes material, doesn't add a thread to it.
The only way to save them would be to use a helicoil which still wouldn't be perfect and hard to get straight.
You were saved by the pub in this case.